Hello Everyone!
This last week was a little slow for Sr. Soares and me because she has tendinitis and was told to stay in the apartment except for “rendezvous”. However, the Lord knew our hearts were in the right place because we were able to have the same amount of rendezvous even though we did no contacting.
We had Zone Conference this week and I had my first interviews with President and Soeur Poznanski. Normally you have them once every transfer, but for some reason they didn't have them my first two. No big deal though. Both of them told me that my French is really good, especially my accent. That made me feel good, because I'm kind of self conscience about my accent. They also said that I'll most likely be training soon because all of the new 19 year old sisters will start arriving in the New Year.
The exciting thing about the upcoming week is that Elder Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve is coming to talk to us!!!!!!!! He's one of my favorite speakers and I'm so excited. I'm really going to be preparing myself spiritually this week for Friday. We’ll be doing exchanges the day before (I'm going to Versailles!!!) and then we switch back with our companions at the conference. I'm sooooooo excited I can barely take it!
We had a second appointment with a less active woman named Sr. Gonzales this week. During our first appointment last week we weren't sure if she wanted us to come over, but now we're pretty sure she enjoys our company and talking about the church. We talked to her about how our commitment to the Lord doesn't end at baptism and that we need to endure to the end. I was so glad to have Sr. Soares there because I was worried about sounding too harsh. But together we taught her lovingly and she responded very well. She even said she would definitely be at church.
We also had to have a difficult talk with Delphine about keeping her commitments and coming to church. She said she heard what we were trying to say and wasn't offended, but we were still worried. We were supportive though and told her that if she came to church the next two Sundays that she could still be baptized the 24th. However, her bus to get to church never came and so she couldn't come yesterday. But she called and was very upset about missing church. Her being upset was a good sign because that mean our discussion with her didn't offend her and she still wants to be baptized. We figured it out with the Zone Leaders though and as long as she meets with the Bishop this week and goes to Stake Conference next week things will be good for the baptism. This will be good, especially since she is going to be baptized in Bordeaux and it would be really hard to change the date.
One miracle that happened this week is that a man approached us in the street on Thursday and asked where we prayed. We were confused and he explained that the Saturday before he heard us on the train talking to a couple visiting from Guadeloupe. He liked what he heard and when he saw us on the street he wanted to know more. The funny thing is that the train we were on and the town we were in when he stopped us are REALLY far apart. It was no coincidence that we found him.
Well, time is running out
Bethany
This last week was a little slow for Sr. Soares and me because she has tendinitis and was told to stay in the apartment except for “rendezvous”. However, the Lord knew our hearts were in the right place because we were able to have the same amount of rendezvous even though we did no contacting.
We had Zone Conference this week and I had my first interviews with President and Soeur Poznanski. Normally you have them once every transfer, but for some reason they didn't have them my first two. No big deal though. Both of them told me that my French is really good, especially my accent. That made me feel good, because I'm kind of self conscience about my accent. They also said that I'll most likely be training soon because all of the new 19 year old sisters will start arriving in the New Year.
The exciting thing about the upcoming week is that Elder Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve is coming to talk to us!!!!!!!! He's one of my favorite speakers and I'm so excited. I'm really going to be preparing myself spiritually this week for Friday. We’ll be doing exchanges the day before (I'm going to Versailles!!!) and then we switch back with our companions at the conference. I'm sooooooo excited I can barely take it!
We had a second appointment with a less active woman named Sr. Gonzales this week. During our first appointment last week we weren't sure if she wanted us to come over, but now we're pretty sure she enjoys our company and talking about the church. We talked to her about how our commitment to the Lord doesn't end at baptism and that we need to endure to the end. I was so glad to have Sr. Soares there because I was worried about sounding too harsh. But together we taught her lovingly and she responded very well. She even said she would definitely be at church.
We also had to have a difficult talk with Delphine about keeping her commitments and coming to church. She said she heard what we were trying to say and wasn't offended, but we were still worried. We were supportive though and told her that if she came to church the next two Sundays that she could still be baptized the 24th. However, her bus to get to church never came and so she couldn't come yesterday. But she called and was very upset about missing church. Her being upset was a good sign because that mean our discussion with her didn't offend her and she still wants to be baptized. We figured it out with the Zone Leaders though and as long as she meets with the Bishop this week and goes to Stake Conference next week things will be good for the baptism. This will be good, especially since she is going to be baptized in Bordeaux and it would be really hard to change the date.
One miracle that happened this week is that a man approached us in the street on Thursday and asked where we prayed. We were confused and he explained that the Saturday before he heard us on the train talking to a couple visiting from Guadeloupe. He liked what he heard and when he saw us on the street he wanted to know more. The funny thing is that the train we were on and the town we were in when he stopped us are REALLY far apart. It was no coincidence that we found him.
Well, time is running out
Bethany
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